Mechanical typographer



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H. HARGER. MECHANICAL 'ITYPOGRAPHER.

No. 22,423. Patented Dec. 28,1858.

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HARGER. MECHANICAL TYPOGRAPHER.

No. 22,423. Patented Dec. 28, 1858.

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MECHANICAL TYROGRAPHER.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 22,423, dated December 28, 1858.

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY HARGER, of Delhi, in the county of Delaware and State of Iowa, haveinventeda new and Improved Mechanical Typographer; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description of .the same, reference beinghad to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in "which-- Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section of my invention, taken in the line a: m, Fig. 3. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section of same, taken in the line 3 y, Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a plan or top view of same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

This invention consists in an improved arrangement of means for actuating type, feed ing thereto the article or substance to receive the impressions, and also for keeping the parts properly adjusted relatively with each other, so that the desired work-to wit, printing direct from the type-may beperformed with great facility.

The invention is applicable either for printing on paper or for giving impressions in wax, so as to form molds or matrices for electrotyping and similar purposes.

To enable thoseskilled in. the art to fully understand and construct my invention, Iwill proceed to describe it.

A represents a frame, which may be construc-ted in any proper way to support the working parts of the device. B is a bed-piece, one end of which is attached by a pivot, a, to the upper part of the frame at one side, the bedpiece being placed transversely'in the frame and allowed to turn or move from the pivot a as a center,the opposite end of the bed-piece resting on the opposite side of the frame. Onthebedpiece B two or more parallel ways, I), are secured, and a frame, 0, isplaced on said ways and allowed to move freely thereon back and forth in the directions indicated by the arrows 1 and 2, (see Fig. 3,) said movements beinglongitudinal with the frame A.

On the frame A, just above the bed-piece B, a rectangular fra|ne,'D, is placed, said frame being securedat one end to the frame A by a pivot, c, which serves as a center of oscillation for the frame. This frame D is formed merely of two parallel bars, d d, connected by end pieces, 6 e, as shown plainly in' Fig. 3.

7 Within the frame D two plates, E E, are-fit.

ted and sustained by traverse cleats or bars f f. The two plates E E are placed one over the other, and secured the proper distance apart by end cleats,ff.- The two plates EE form the type-bed, and the types h are fitted in the plates in rows, each row being an arc of a circle. Three rows may be employed, one row being capitals, another small letters, and the other marks of punctuation. Each type It has aspiral spring, i, around it, and these springshave a tendency to keep the type thrown upward to the extent of their movement. The types, however, are ofunequa-l heights or lengths, as shown clearly in Figs. land 2. The object of this will be presently explained.

F is a lever, one end of which is attached by a pivot, z", to the frame A, said pivot admitting of ahorizontal and vertical movement of the lever. The lever F has a pin, j, passing vertically through it at about its center, said pin having a head, k, at its lower end. The end of the leverF, opposite to theend which is attached to the fran'ie by the pivot t", rests on a spring, Z,

and to the under side of the lever-F the upper end of a bent lever, G, is attached by ashook, m. The lower end ofthe lever G is a pawl, which catches or gears into a ratchet, .H, said ratchet being fitted in a 'box, I, at theend of the bed-piece 13. Around the axisn of the ratchet H cords or chains oare wound, and these cords or chains pass around rollers 10 on the frame 13 and are attached to'the frame 0.

H is a retaining-pawl, that gears into the ratchet H. i

On the frame 0 a plate, J, is placed, saidplate being allowed to slide on the frame 0." If the device is to be used as a printing-machine, the sheet of paper to receive the impressions of the types is placed on the plate J and V below the type-frame E E. The plate J is so adjusted that the types may be pressed down upon the paper by the pin of thelever F,whieh is actuated by the operator, the paper being fed along by the cords or chains 0, which are actuated through the medium-of the levers F G and ratchet H as the lever-F rises-said cords moving the frameC on the bed-piece B. The type-frame EEisreadilyadjusted,so that each lever B, and consequently a corresponding lateral-adjustment of the plate J and the paper thereon.

The types k may be inked by any suitable arrangement, the frame E E being moved in the frame D at oneside of the plate 0; or entirely removed from frame D,in order to effect In case the .device is to be used as a -means for giving impressions in Waxv for forming molds or matrices for electrotyping purposes, a sheet or layer of wax is placed on theplate J to receive the impressions. The operation is precisely the same whether the device be used for printing on paper or forming electrotype;

molds.

Having thus describedmy invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The employment or use of the bed-piece B, frames D and G, and type-frame formed of the plates E E, arranged substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The particular means employed, as herein shown and described, for feeding the frameO and paper or wax to the type-to wit, the bent lever G,'conneeted to the hand-lever F, the ratchet H, and cords or chains 0, attached to the frame 0.

3. Regulatingthe feed movement of the frame 0 by having the typesh made ofvarying heights or lengths, so asto give corresponding lengths of vibration to the lever F, substantially as described.

HENRY HARGER. Witnesses:

E. C. HARDING, CHARLES HARGER. 

